India, April 8 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday alleged that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), on directions of its commissioner, has "unilaterally" begun to levy a garbage user fee for solid waste management from the Capital's residents.

MCD, however, dismissed the allegations and said that the user fee for sanitary services was notified in 2018. Officials said they plan to levy these charges at the time users pay their property taxes. There are around 1.3 million properties which pay property tax in Delhi, and the move is likely to yield the corporation more than Rs.100 crore annually.

Speaking at a press conference, AAP leader and mayor Mahesh Kumar Khichi called the charges, which range from Rs.50 to Rs.200, an assault...